Ole Miss bats come alive, produce bounce-back win

12:11 AM,
Apr. 27, 2013

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The antiquated notion that wins are an accurate representation of the quality of the pitcher does not jibe with Mike Mayers' junior season. But the Ole Miss pitcher finally got his Friday.

Blessed with real run support for the first time in seven SEC starts, Mayers earned his third win during a 11-5 victory over Kentucky at Swayze Field.

Coming into Friday, No. 16 Ole Miss (31-13, 11-9 SEC) was averaging 3.6 runs in Mayers' 10 previous starts, and 2.3 against the rest of the league (including four with one or none). Even when Ole Miss did score a sufficient number of runs to win the game the last two ...